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Top scientists from across Europe warn of Brexit consequences
Top scientists from around Europe have warned that Britain leaving the European Union without an agreement on future relations would harm research across the continent. The letter, signed by 29 Nobel laureates and six winners of the Fields Medal mathematics prize, urges Britain's prime minister ...
Most U.K. firms to trigger Brexit safety plans 'by Christmas'
The vast majority of British firms are poised to implement their Brexit contingency plans by Christmas if there isn't greater clarity over the country's exit from the European Union, a leading business group warned. The Confederation of British Industry said Sunday these plans could include ...
Thousands take to streets in London and demand second Brexit vote be held
Tens of thousands of supporters of the European Union began marching through London on Saturday as part of what organizers say will be the biggest-ever demonstration to demand that the British government hold a public vote on the terms of Brexit. The protesters waved the ...
Japan opposes any withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Korean Peninsula in exchange for North Korea's denuclearization, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an interview with the Financial Times published Monday. "It is my understanding that there is no such idea in the minds of ...
U.K.'s May to call Brexit an 'opportunity,' to challenge critics during speech at party conference
British Prime Minister Theresa May will tell her Conservative Party on Wednesday that the impending divorce from the European Union is an opportunity that opens up a future full of promise, assuring the faithful: "We have everything we need to succeed." In a speech on ...
Britain will stop favoring EU workers after Brexit, May says
Britain will end preferential access for European Union workers after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May announced Tuesday, saying she wants to attract highly skilled immigrants wherever they are from. In an announcement at her Conservative Party conference, May said she will publish plans for a ...
Toyota official in U.K. gives Brexit warning; business minister optimistic about deal
British Business Secretary Greg Clark said Saturday there are grounds for optimism that Britain will strike a Brexit deal with the European Union, after Japanese carmaker Toyota warned that leaving without an agreement will hit its output. Just six months before Britain is due to ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May expresses support for joint 2030 World Cup bid with Ireland
British Prime Minister Theresa May signaled her "full support" Friday for a potential joint bid by the United Kingdom and Ireland to host the 2030 World Cup. May's comments serve up a challenge to a Latin American plan that Argentina agreed with Paraguay and Uruguay ...
The Brexit spokesman of Britain's main opposition Labour Party on Tuesday raised the possibility of staying in the European Union, more than two years after Britons voted to leave. Keir Starmer told the left-wing party's conference that another vote on Britain's relationship with the European ...
Britain's Labour Party keeps possibility of second Brexit referendum on table
Britain's opposition Labour Party will vote this week to keep a second Brexit referendum as an option if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to pass her plan to quit the European Union through Parliament, heaping pressure on a struggling leader. But with the leadership intent ...
